Crown has been fined $30 million for letting Melbourne gamblers deposit bank cheques made out to themselves, breaching problem gambling and money laundering controls.
Victoria’s 2021 royal commission into the casino giant found Crown allowed patrons to gamble by depositing uncleared bank cheques made out in their names and not the company’s.
Casinos can only accept cheques in limited circumstances under state laws.
The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has now ordered Crown to pay a $30m fine for the “serious contravention”, adding that the practice subverted controls…
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